My mother, Anna Marie (Bayer) Schneider, with my father, Frank Schneider Sr, and three of my oldest siblings came from Banat to Minnesota in 1923. Among the many handwork skills she brought with her were knitting and crocheting. She crocheted a bedspread which I have to this day. We used to wash it and dry it by stretching over it a large stretcher being careful to not poke our fingers and get blood on it. When my mother died in 1976, I took her bag of 75+ different crochet samples that were 1 to 6 inches in size and created wall hangings by tacking them to a piece of fabric which I then put into an embroidery hoop. I made them for my two sisters and myself. Mine hang in my sewing/craft room so that as I sew, etc. my mother is always with me. I also have used some of the samples as part of "crazy quilted" pillow tops that I have made for my nieces so they have something to remember "grandma" by. One of the strongest and fondest memories I have of my mother is watching her knitting and crocheting the most intricate of patterns -- and what always amazed me was her ability to do that without looking at what she was doing, a skill I have yet to master. Rose (Schneider) Ramirez